Observatory: Astronomy: Observatory - WHERE IN THE WORLDPosted on Saturday, December 04 @ 16:50:00 CST by astronomy

WHERE IN THE WORLD?

You may never travel in a spacecraft, but you can visit one of the many professional observatories and space centers on Earth.

Many of the world's largest observatories and space centers provide tours, brochures, and programs for the public. Space centers tend to be located in major cities, but functioning optical and radio observatories will be found in more remote regions, well away from city light pollution and radio noise. Old observatories in urban areas, such as the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, are often kept as museums and are well worth a visit.

World Observatories and Space Centers

W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii

Lick Observatory, California

Jet Propulsion Lab, California

Mt Wilson Observatory, California

Palomar Observatory, California

Kitt Peak Observatory and
Mt Hopkins Observatory, Arizona

Very Large Array, New Mexico

McDonald Observatory, Texas

Johnson Space Center, Texas

Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin

Goddard Space Center, Maryland

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Arecibo Telescope, Puerto Rico

European Space Agency launch site,
French Guiana

European Southern Obs., Chile

Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile

La Palma Observatory, Canary Is.

Jodrell Bank, England

Royal Greenwich Obs., England

European Space Agency, France

Effelsberg Telescope, Germany

European Space Operations Centre
(ESOC), Germany

Bolshoi Telescope, Russia

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Kagoshima Space Center, Japan

Anglo-Australian Observatory

Australia Telescope

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